The legacy of Alberto Alesina
May 28th 2020A DECADE AFTER the last global downturn, the economics establishment’s U-turn on austerity is complete. In 2010 the IMF praised Britain’s tough deficit-reduction plan. Now it recommends a big fiscal expansion to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Politicians were once fond of citing research co-authored by Kenneth Rogoff, an economist, to warn that…
A border dispute between India and China is getting more serious
China is nibbling away at Indian territory and digging inMay 28th 2020WHEN INDIAN and Chinese soldiers brawled at Pangong lake high in the Himalayas earlier this month—a punch-up serious enough to leave many in hospital—General M.M. Naravane, India’s army chief, was unworried. Such “temporary and short-duration face-offs” happened from time to time in remote stretches…
India and China square up on their Himalayan border
May 27th 2020WHEN INDIAN and Chinese soldiers brawled at Pangong lake in Ladakh earlier this month—a punch-up serious enough to leave many in hospital—General M.M. Naravane, India’s army chief, was unworried. Such “temporary and short-duration face-offs” happened from time to time at such remote stretches of the two countries’ 3,500km border, he said. Both sides…
Woman Takes Off Knickers & Uses Them as Face Mask to Get Served
A woman told unless she was donning a mask she wouldn’t be served by the post office staff – whipped her knickers off in front of waiting customers. Camera footage from inside a Ukraine post office on Wednesday displays the woman nearing the counter without a cover on her face. In early April, the country…
George Floyd’s Death: Why it created a storm amid a pandemic
Published on May 27, 2020 by Anne How did he die? An African American man, George Floyd, 46, was killed by Minneapolis Police officers. Floyd was being investigated for forgery. George Floyd’s death was caused by a police officer holding him down on the ground with a knee on his neck. He was not shot to…